Jaime Richardson is the mom of three and author of Celebrate Every Day: Recipes to Make the Most of Special Moments with Your Family. She created the blog Sophistimom.com as a place to share recipes and ideas for teaching kids about art and literature. She is working on several novels. A week after she started writing for Momtastic, she eloped with her matching heart---a children’s book author and fellow foodie. She is currently finding balance in her life as a mom, writer, and wife.

The pop-by is one of the most wonderful parts of the holiday season, but for many, it can be one of the most stressful. For me, it usually means opening the door partway, trying to decide whether or not to let the people come in and see my cluttered living room. If, by a rare […]